LUCA CARLEVARIJS (UDINE 1663-VENICE 1730)
A Capriccio View of a Harbour
c. 1710-14RCIN 405314
Luca Carlevarijs was Canaletto’s main predecessor in the genre of Venetian view painting. This imagined scene combines recognisable Roman structures—the Arch of Constantine, the dome of St Peter’s cathedral and the Castel Sant’ Angelo—with fictional elements.